TRon Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, Mattoon said: I have no doubt Howe will play his strongest side and this new formation has been paying dividends, giving us more attacking prowess and fluidity in the front 4. But this still feels like a dead rubber to end all dead rubbers, real futility as City start the march to league victory that they do every year. I'd rip every limb off for a draw here. Disagree tbh. I think Arsenal chucking away two points last night will put a bit of pressure on City to win. That might end up affecting their fluidity, I would see this as an opportunity to turn the screw a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dava1892 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Could see us clicking and everything going right to comprehensively beat someone and this is the game I was thinking it would happen. As we never win here this for me would have been the game for that, in terms of comprehensively beating Man City I’m talking 3-1 win or so. This seemed to happen last night though where everything clicked,which I would have been happy with any result to get us back to SJP. Now with a relatively free week for most of the players next week, for the first time in months, I see this as our last test before “a week off” for some and we go there all guns blazing. Eddie’s new setup appears to be working well so I still go for a great 3-1 win here. HWTFL Edited February 19 by Dava1892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Nailed on loss, but it's a win either way to see them creep up on Arsenal. All in for the bottle job.....again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 The loss doesn't feel quite as nailed on to me, 6-1 CL away wim aside I think we're finding a bit of form and a danger to anyone. Could do with not conceding any shite flukey early goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Total free hit this. No more injuries though...and If the game has gone after 60 minutes then get Neave, Alex Murphy etc on and rest some players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Somehow I don't think this is a nailed on defeat despite having thought just that every time we've ever played at the Etihad. Vamos a ver...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) A great opportunity for the 'Howe Out' lads to come out from their shell. Edited February 19 by Fenham Mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 After an absolutely magnificent 3 away wins I'm, at present at least, pretty calm about this one. Expecting the usual defeat but, unless it comes with further injuries and or a ridiculously high scoreline, I'll quickly get over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I think we will give them more of a game than usual at the Etihad. They've been much improved of late, but still seem to have their second half slump and they are always wide open at the back whenever I watch them. Probably still lose 3-1. But with the way the last 3 games have gone and the positivity that has been generated. I don't think it would be the end of the world. As long as the performance is still decent enough. If we don't concede early, avoidable, shit goals like the cup game. Then who knows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, John P said: Mental that they've scheduled us to play on Saturday after playing in fucking Baku on Wednesday. Not expecting anything from this as a result, it's a free hit in my eyes It would be even more mental if they scheduled us to play on Sunday given the second leg is Tuesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Pace FC ready to pounce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 And draw would be a brilliant result for maintaining momentum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Hope we just give them a game tbh. I want this run at that ground to end as soon as possible but it’s felt like we haven’t even made a fist of it down there since 22-23 when we missed a fuck ton of chances. 23-24 we barely laid a glove on them despite having a decent amount of the ball. The rest of the performances down there this decade mostly heinous. Edited February 19 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 12 minutes ago, SteV said: It would be even more mental if they scheduled us to play on Sunday given the second leg is Tuesday. It's also mental that UEFA scheduled Wednesday followed by Tuesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I'll go 3-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 minutes ago, The Prophet said: I'll go 3-0. Ambitious but I like it. Tonali, Barnes and maybe a header from BDB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said: Ambitious but I like it. Tonali, Barnes and maybe a header from BDB. We can dream. I just think this is the perfect storm for a bit of a hiding. I prefer your thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 26 minutes ago, John P said: It's also mental that UEFA scheduled Wednesday followed by Tuesday I imagine (although I don’t know) it probably relates to TV rights. So the likes of Amazon only have a Tuesday game, so contractually, they probably have to have access to all teams across the two legs. Or something like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 If we somehow can get a point here, we have done brilliant with our nightmare away fixture list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, nufc123 said: If we somehow can get a point here, we have done brilliant with our nightmare away fixture list. We have anyway TBH, but it would be great to include such a hard PL game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 "Can we play you every week - oh, wait, we do" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Freshen things up with Miley, Osula, Botman, Joelinton, Willock and Ramsey in starting XI. Rest a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 9 hours ago, Heron said: Newcastle unbeaten away in all competitions since February 5th. Unbeaten at home since February 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 "Here we are to watch Manchester City V Newcastle United...again..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 10 hours ago, BermyToon said: No time for the team to even prepare for this game with all the traveling involved. Nice of them to move it to a late kick off to give them a few more hours. Not sure how the travelling fans get back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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